Charles Payton, 80, of Celina, died at 2:52 p.m. May 15, 2007, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater.

He was born June 5, 1926, in Osborn, to Warren and Maggie Burton Payton.

Surviving are a son, Dwight, Franklin; two sisters, Betty and Anna, both of Middletown; and a granddaughter.

He retired from Inland Container where he had been a supervisor, was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, and was a member of Montezuma United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5713, Celina, and American Legion Post 323, St. Marys.